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Councilmember Todd Gloria Councilmember David Alvarez: News From The City of San Diego

Two San Diego city councilmembers, Todd Gloria and David Alvarez, were critical of Mayor Kevin Faulconer's State of the City address. They said the mayor missed opportunities to address issues like the city hemorrhaging police officers, a comprehensive solution to the $3 billion infrastructure problem, and helping more San Diegans make ends meet. The councilmembers plan to work on measures to stabilize the police department, encourage small business growth, and ensure support for youth education. An independent report also found the city would be $96.4 million short of the mayor's proposed infrastructure spending.

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Councilmember Todd Gloria Councilmember David Alvarez: News From The City of San Diego

Two San Diego city councilmembers, Todd Gloria and David Alvarez, were critical of Mayor Kevin Faulconer's State of the City address. They said the mayor missed opportunities to address issues like the city hemorrhaging police officers, a comprehensive solution to the $3 billion infrastructure problem, and helping more San Diegans make ends meet. The councilmembers plan to work on measures to stabilize the police department, encourage small business growth, and ensure support for youth education. An independent report also found the city would be $96.4 million short of the mayor's proposed infrastructure spending.

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News from the City of San Diego

Councilmember Todd Gloria


Councilmember David Alvarez
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 14, 2015

Contact: Katie Keach, 619-847-8274


Lisa Schmidt, 619-210-9499

State of the City: We Can Do Better


Councilmembers Concerned with Content of Mayors State of the City
SAN DIEGO (January 14, 2015) San Diego City Councilmembers Todd Gloria and David Alvarez
commented on Mayor Kevin L. Faulconers State of the City address.
In a speech about opportunity, the Mayor missed an opportunity tonight. San Diegans needed to hear
that the city is going to stop hemorrhaging police officers to other jurisdictions. We needed to hear a
comprehensive solution to our entire $3 billion infrastructure problem, and we needed to hear that he
was going to help more San Diegans make ends meet.
Since the Mayor is not offering solutions, we will work together on several measures to address the
real challenges facing the city, including stabilizing the San Diego Police Department to allow officers
to again focus on community policing, encouraging small business growth through appropriate city
investment, and ensuring the city is supporting the education of local youth with appropriate
programming and services.
On the same day of these State of the City promises, the Independent Budget Analyst released a
report stating that the city will be $96.4 million behind the amount the Mayor has proposed for
infrastructure expenditures. This should be a wake-up call for all San Diegans. City streets wont get
fixed and fire stations, parks and libraries will be further delayed without a more significant
commitment from this administration.
San Diego must dare to be great. We look forward to working with Mayor Faulconer and our City
Council colleagues to deliver real results in the year ahead on the issues that truly impact San
Diegans.
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